| 词汇 | slacken |
| 释义 | slacken verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈslæk.ən/ us /ˈslæk.ən/ slackenverb[I or T] (LESS TIGHT)to (cause to) become loose: （使）变松，（使）松开 Slacken the reins or you'll hurt the horse's mouth.松开缰绳，否则你会弄伤马的嘴。 Flexible, loose and yielding adrift bendable bendy ductile ductility flowing jointed lax limply limpness pliantly ragdoll relax rubbery semi-flexible uncompressed unconstricted unstayed unstuck yielding slackenverb[I or T] (LESS ACTIVE)to (cause to) become slower or less active: 放慢，放松，减缓 He stooped to pick it up, without slackening his pace(= without walking more slowly).他弯腰将它拾起，并没有放慢脚步。 The pace of trading slackened during the winter months.冬天那几个月里贸易活动明显减少。 The management expects demand to slacken (off) in the New Year.管理层预计新年期间需求会减少。 The car's speed slackened (off) as it went up a steep hill.汽车上陡坡时速度减慢了。 Most people slacken off/up at the end of a day's work.大多数人在一天工作快结束时都会松懈下来。 Increasing and decreasing speed of motion accelerant accelerate accelerating acceleration accelerative brake catch catch (someone) up foot gun isolator non-accelerating pickup quicken retard spurt step on the gasidiom throttle (something) back/down upshift upshifting slacken | American Dictionaryslacken verb[ I/T ] us/ˈslæk·ən/ slackenverb[I/T] (LOOSEN)to loosen something, or to become loose: [ I ]His muscles slackened under the steaming shower. slackenverb[I/T] (BECOME SLOWER)to become slower or less busy: [ T ]Let’s slacken our pace a little. slacken | Business Englishslacken verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈslækən/us(alsoslacken off) to become gradually less strong or slower, or to make something do this: The overall pace of growth slackened. The message from retailers is that spending has slackened off. Management promised never to slacken the pace of modernization. slackeningnoun[ S or U ] There is some slackening in the domestic air express business. Examples of slackenslacken There would be danger if a child learnt to read very early and suffered disappointment and a slackening of interest as he got older. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it would be surprising if there were no perceptible slackening of the belt in the light of the bounty to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Basically, it was neutral from a tax point of view, but there has been a slackening of the fiscal stance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it will be adhered to and that there will be no slackening because there is an improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, the rate of decline in optimism may have slackened slightly, but declining it still is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, it reached a peak in 1947, and, instead of slackening off, it has stayed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We therefore view with considerable anxiety the growing signs of a possible slackening in expansion by the coming autumn or early 1966. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any slackening in the programme today is not likely to induce the operatives to pull their full weight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Local control slackens, supervision is relaxed, competition tends to disappear and the spur of efficiency is blunted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We certainly do not mean any slackening of political confrontation nor do we mean any lowering of military preparation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there not something rather cruel about the idea of slackening the medical criteria, while at the same time introducing means-testing for incapacity benefits? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not slackening the medical criteria; we are not changing them in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a slackening of resolve in respect of industrial development certificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is that there has been no slackening off in regard to the inspection of factories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many industries there is evidence of a slackening of trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of slacken These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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